LVHIS Project Description
``The Local Volume HI Survey'' (LVHIS) is a project comprising deep HI line and 20-cm radio continuum observations for all nearby, gas-rich galaxies. Our initial sample consists of all galaxies with vLG < 550 km/s or D < 10 Mpc that are detected in the `HI Parkes All-Sky Survey' (HIPASS). A declination limit of DEC < -30 degrees was chosen for observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA).
Our aim is to study the HI distribution and kinematics of Local Volume galaxies as well as their star formation properties on all scales. This will be achieved by obtaining full 12-h synthesis observations with three ATCA configurations (EW352/367-m, 750-m, and 1.5-km). For galaxies with extended HI envelopes we will also obtain HI mosaics in the H75 array, the most compact ATCA configuration. Our data will be complemented by deep AAT H-band images, as well as BVRI-, Halpha-, GALEX uv- and Spitzer mid-infrared images.
Similar HI projects are either completed or under way with the GMRT (FIGGS: PI = Ayesha Begum), the VLA (THINGS: PI = Fabian Walter; Little THINGS: PI = Deidre Hunter; VLA-ANGST: PI = Juergen Ott), and the WSRT (WHISP; WSRT-LVHIS: PI = Eva Manthey).
WSRT-LVHIS (new !!)
Complementary multi-wavelengths data are available from the following projects: ANGST, SINGG-SUNGG, GALEX, Spitzer LVL, SINGS 11HUGS images, etc.
News:
- PhD Project: "Star formation and Magnetic Fields in Nearby Galaxies"
- LVHIS Observations with the ATCA are now complete
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